Rökstólar Samvinnumiðstöð

Education and Learning

Rökstólarhave been involved in educational projects since 2005 thanks to Lenka´s (founder of Rökstólar) involvement in Youth projects. Most of them have been funded through European Commission´s programme Youth in Action and should you be interested in reading more on this topic, please check Completed Projects section.

Our domain is the creation and implementation of EMPOWERING LEARNING SPACES, serving the needs of the knowledge society in the 21 st century through our training modules that we offer.

We have the frame (with very clear set of principles) and necessary know how to implement it on any kind of target group (from children, through youngsters to adult learners and / or institutions), as we work needs based.

This represents a great source particularly for institutions interested in transformations and improvements, parcticularly in the field of education, empowerment and employability.

In this field of our expertise we offer the following to our potential customers:

design of learning activities on various topics (organization, carrying out and evaluation). For more details, please see the trainer´s profile here.

advice on learning possibilities out of formal school system, using the EU grant schemes

help youth groups or those who work with youth groups create their own projects, based on their needs, thus creating change through participative processes that support people in using their strengths and talents

training and consultancy for those who organize learning activities, mainly outside the formal education system

providing encouragement and support instead of criticism and barriers.

A multitude of reforms have been going on in formal education to incorporate elements of non-formal education such as individualized curricula approaches, self-directed learning, etc. allowing students to choose subjects according to their inclination. In knowledge-based societies intrinsic motivation is an absolute necessity as this helps the learner to acquire learning skills which keep on motivating her or him for lifelong learning.

By incorporating the above concepts in our educational work, Rökstólar help individuals find their potential and figure out available resources by themselves, helping them find the solution to their challenges, using experiential learning and non-formal education methods as vital tools.Since we´ve been located in rural area of northern Iceland, we are very motivated to spread and multiply the knowledge we´ve been gaining through European projects to the local level of small villages of Iceland.